Author Archives: Melisa Arnold, A.C.E.

Carpenter AntDoesn’t eat wood, only tunnel through it. Associated with high moisture. Considered predators & scavengers. Will eat other insects. Woodlouse SpiderSometimes known as “Broad-faced sac spider”.Egg sac may contain up to 70 eggs. The long fangs help maintain a scissor-like grip on prey. Larder BeetleTypically travel in groups, don’t try to hide. Are omnivores.ContinueContinue reading “Summer Buggin’ 2020”

Your job, and your passion, and your career is working in the pest management industry. Mine, too. Obviously. We are tasked with driving a company vehicle to customer locations each day. Our employers trust that we will be safe and courteous in that 6000 pound vehicle. Our clients probably don’t care about our driving habits,ContinueContinue reading “Watch Your Speed pt.2”

As I am waiting for a chocolate cake to finish baking, I am aggravated that this Kansas weather has given us another taste of winter. Looking out the kitchen window, I can see the limbs of the trees bending like they are doing some sort of yoga pose. The Dead End sign at our drivewayContinueContinue reading “Watch Your Speed pt.1”

We have been cleaning up our property. Some of you may remember I wrote about the dirt work we were doing. Yeah, still not finished. Lots of trees have been cut for firewood. We’ll keep our shop warm next winter. Hubby & a neighbor cutting trees I won’t say that I’ve got ALL the rodentContinueContinue reading “Pass The Potatoes”

There’s a song title, “She (expletive)Hates Me” by the band Puddle Of Mud. That’s a fair assessment of how I feel about mosquitoes. That puddle of mud in the yard is all about holding onto its water. There are mosquitoes hovering near it. I’m sure they are laying eggs. Probably staring in my direction, thinkingContinueContinue reading “What Does The Mosquito Say?”